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#124 – You Have an Opportunity…

…to fly a blimp emblazoned with a message over a baseball field during a game.  What will the message say?

As the sky grew darker and dusk approached, people in the grandstand looked up at the blimp that circled lazily the stadium.  Lights flashed on it’s side in different patterns before a message finally appeared.  There were murmurs in the crowd as people looked at each other in confusion.  Over a dozen men slowly get to their feet and look around with uncertain alarm before leaving their seats and heading for the exit.

I look through binoculars down at the crowd beneath me, chuckling madly.  Before me is the computer monitor that controls the messages displayed on the side of the blimp.  I grin widely as I look at my message.

“John!  It’s a trap!  Get out before she finds you!”

As I watch the men leave, it occurs to me how many men named John have women looking for them.  I just laugh again as I turn the blimp to make another round.

Behind the Random: At first I considered doing something stupid like announcing a bomb threat or something similar but realized that it was a waste of an opportunity.  So instead I picked an extremely common name and planted a paranoid message.  Somehow, I bet it would happen just like this…